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From one of America's best loved and most prolific novelists, this is the story of a woman coming to terms with the violent death of her mother, and uncovering all the hidden secrets stowed away over the years.

When her mother uncharacteristically fails to return her phone calls, 31-year old Nikki Eaton calls in to check up on her.

She finds the house turned upside-down, and her mother lying dead, murdered, on the garage floor.

Single, sexually liberated and economically self-supporting, Nikki has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter.

She learns to cope with the unexpected loss of her mother over the course of a tumultuous year of mourning that brings sorrow and even from an unexpected source, a nurturing love.

This is a candid, engaging and personal novel about mothers and daughters from one of the greatest American novelists alive today.

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HarperPerennial
0007207964 / 9780007207961
Paperback / softback
813.54
02/10/2006
United Kingdom
English
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434 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2005.
/ Lead title / Includes PS Section From one of America's best loved and most prolific novelists: the story of a woman coming to terms with the violent death of her mother, and uncovering all the hidden secrets stowed away over the years. / The major new novel from the author of 'Middle Age', 'Blonde' and 'The Falls'. /'Middle Age' has sold over 20,000 copies in the UK. / Lead review coverage anticipated across the board for one of the world's most important writers, and an author who is repeatedly proposed for the title of 'The Great American Novelist'. / Competition: Barbara Kingsolver; Marga
/ Lead title / Includes PS Section From one of America's best loved and most prolific novelists: the story of a woman coming to terms with the violent death of her mother, and uncovering all the hidden secrets stowed away over the years. / The major new novel from the author of 'Middle Age', 'Blonde' and 'The Falls'. /'Middle Age' has sold over 20,000 copies in the UK. / Lead review coverage anticipated across the board for one of the world's most important writers, and an author who is repeatedly proposed for the title of 'The Great American Novelist'. / Competition: Barbara Kingsolver; Marga FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)